Set-work

1. Read and translate the words:

1. complete, serious, genuinely, nasty, judge, fascinating, colleague, plastic, surgery, injection, collagen, advertising, tiny, to bombard, hoarding, equal, candidate, to vary, self-conscious, insecure.

2. insult, survey, increase.

2. Define the words:

a wimp to compensate

to condition to improve

to come to terms with to catch up

to turn on to submit

to treat to debunk

brilliant increasingly

to end up (doing) flawless

to give in to turn out

to apply odd

to measure up to to flaunt

to condition

3. Explain what is meant:

• to land with a “sweet image”

• to make allowances

• to get a better deal

• to do the trick

• to fuel the multi-billion-dollar industry

• to be bombarded with beautiful faces

• to have the same sting

4. Answer the questions:

-What is the main idea which can unite the texts?

-Are people really treated differently because of their appearance? Find some proofs in the text.

- Do you approve of plastic surgery?

- Is it always necessary to change anything or is it a whim?

5. Comment on the sentences:

You must be loved for what you are, not for what someone wants you to be.

Beauty is still very much in the eye of the beholder.

Part III Listening I

1. Listen to the descriptions and fill in the gaps in the passages below.

DONNA

Well, she’s quite a ___________, _____________ person in her … in her late teens. She’s fairly ____________ with a… a good figure. She’s got a _________________ face with a small, sort of _____________________ nose. It’s very _______________ really. She’s got long, black _______________ hair and er… blue eyes with very long __________________. Her ________________ is … well, she is __________________. Her lips are very ________ … and she’s got _________ … ___________ in her cheeks.

COLIN

He’s a very big guy, you know, ____________________ with very _______________________. Not _____________, really, really… just __________ ___________. He’s in his ___________________________ .He’s got a __________ face with _____________________. Oh, and a small _____________ on his chin. He’s got very short _______________________ but with long __________________ and a ___________________. Eyes… I haven’t really noticed the colour, he wears ____________. He’s got _____________________________ and a kind of a long, __________________ nose. He’s fairly _____________,____________, sometimes even _______________.

JANET

She’s ___________________,_______________, expensive ______________ and so on. I’d say she was in her _______________________ or ______________________, but she looks younger. She’s about ________________ and very ____________. Her hair is very ____________,_____________, I think, but I’m not sure about that. It’s always very ____________, not long. She’s got_________________________ eyes with ___________ eyebrows. Her face is always ____________________ and very ___________________________, It’s an attractive face… not really beautiful, but very attractive, you know what I mean. __________________________, a small _________... oh and yes, there’s a __________________________ on her left cheek. She’s a very ___________ and _____________________ sort of person, very __________________ and always very, very polite.

ROBERT

Robert is a wonderful person, really. He’s ____________ but not old.., still very lively and ________________. He’s probably in his early seventies. He’s got ____________________, ______________________ a bit, and a small white ______________.He’s __________________________, a little _______________ perhaps. He’s got very nice large _____________________ and he always seems to be smiling… lots of _____________ round his eyes, _______________________ I think you call them. He’s got a very high, lined ________________ which makes him look very _________________________, which he is, of course.

2. Practice the passages for good reading.

3. a) Read the following questions.

1. How is she?

2. What is she like?

3. What does she like?

4. What does she look like?

Which do we use when we want to ask:

1. about someone’s health?

2. for a physical description?

3. for a more general description of character?

4. about someone’s likes and dislikes?

1. Match the following questions 1-5 with answers a-e. Example: 1b

1. How’s your mother?

2. What does Peter look like?

3. What does Peter like?

4. What is Susan like?

5. Who does Susan like?

1. She is very warm and affectionate.

2. She’s fine, thanks.

3. Pubs, TV, football, that sort of thing.

4. Peter, I think.

5. He’s tall and thin, just like his brother, in fact.